Prototyping
Prototyping
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Understanding Human Needs
Ask Prototype
Explicit? Latent?
1. Understand 2. Explore 3. Communicate
1.Understanding
Existing Experiences
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
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+“Personal experiences ranged from anxiety around everyday activities like holding an infant son or working with power tools to social issues
about how to communicate to onlookers what was happening and how to get proper medical help.”
2.Exploring Design Ideas
“Every idea works well in my imagination, but when I try to build it, I find a million problems.”
SCAD SafeRide
“An early version of a thing that allows you to test your assumptions and get input on
how to improve your idea.”
3.Communicating Design Concepts
JCB Factory Tour
"What I hear, I forget.What I see, I remember.
What I do, I understand!"
Five Prototyping Guidelines
Five Prototyping Guidelines
1. K.I.S.S.
2. Steer the focus of the feedback
3. Aim for Quantity
4. Test one thing at a time
5. Avoid the Presentation Trap
• Physical/Spatial: Cardboard, Lego, Stickies
• Interactive/Digital: Keynote, Popapp, Paper
• Relational/Experiential: People! (Bodystorming)
Prototype Resources
Jam Goals:
1. Functioning prototype (not just an idea)
2. Documentation* of the prototype in action
3. “Show and tell" your awesome prototype
*CC
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